Your Primer On The Newest Cardinal: Marcell Ozuna!

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Marcell Ozuna has been traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In return, the Marlins will be receiving a TBD assortment of players that will be announced at a later time. Rumors have identified MiLB pitcher Sandy Alcantara as the centerpiece of the deal. He’s currently ranked as the Cardinals 9th best prospect.

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Mr. Ozuna had a great 2017 season for the Marlins:

  • 191 hits
  • .312 average
  • 37 home runs
  • 124 RBIs
  • .548 slugging
  • 5.8 WAR
  • NL All-Star
  • NL Gold Glove

He played 152 games in LF in 2017 (3 in CF/1 in RF/2 as DH) and is expected to play LF for the Cardinals.

He will be playing his age 28 season in ’18 and is arbitration eligible for both ’18 and ’19.

He made 3.5M in ’17 and his salary will be much higher for ’18, but is TBD (expected to be in the 10-11M range). He can become an unrestricted free agent after the ’19 season if he isn’t signed by the Cardinals before then to a longer deal.

Here’s some information about Mr. Ozuna…

Social media links:

  • Twitter (doesn’t have verified account)
  • Instagram
  • Facebook (doesn’t have verified account)
  • Snapchat (doesn’t have verified account)

Nickname:

Wife:

Bit of a baller herself…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY_02O779rc

Things to know:

Swing breakdown:

2017 Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMOTRPCIKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCgB0ZtimRY

Instant reaction:

https://twitter.com/BenApplegate52/status/941012767041089536

Welcome to St. Louis, Marcell!

Photo: Vox

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